State-targeted grievances and resources: Protest participation during economic downturns in Latin America

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zarate-Tenorio, Barbara A.
• 署名单位: University of Essex
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/gove.12465
• 发表日期: 2021
• 关键词: political-participation; collective action; SOCIAL-MOVEMENTS; voter turnout; DEMOCRACY; CRISIS; institutions; mobilization; opposition; adversity

摘要

This article analyzes the determinants of protest participation in Latin America. Whereas most research emphasizes grievances over resources, or vice versa, this article explains protest participation as the interaction between individuals' state-targeted grievances and material resources. I argue that grievances and availability of material resources interact and fuel protest among individuals whose income falls close to the middle of the income distribution, but not among the poor or the rich. Whereas the scarcity of resources mitigates the politicization of grievances among the poor, the relative abundance of resources and alternative channels of political influence produces the same effect among the rich. Analysis of survey data from Latin American democracies provides strong support for these arguments.